Human rights from a Third World perspective :: critique, history and international law /

Globalization, interdisciplinarity, and the critique of the Eurocentric canon are transforming the theory and practice of human rights. This collection takes up the point of view of the colonized in order to unsettle and supplement the conventional understanding of human rights. Putting together ins...

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Other Authors: Barreto, José-Manuel
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Newcastle upon Tyne, UK : Cambridge Scholars Publishing, 2013.
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Online Access:DE-862
DE-863
Summary:Globalization, interdisciplinarity, and the critique of the Eurocentric canon are transforming the theory and practice of human rights. This collection takes up the point of view of the colonized in order to unsettle and supplement the conventional understanding of human rights. Putting together insights coming from Decolonial Thinking, the Third World Approach to International Law (TWAIL), Radical Black Theory and Subaltern Studies, the authors construct a new history and theory of human rig ...
Physical Description:1 online resource (ix, 453 pages)
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9781443866453
1443866458

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